Jason Kessler

Jason Kessler (1983-) was a fascist journalist, activist, and author from Charlottesville, Virginia. Kessler organized the 2017 Unite the Right rally in his hometown, leading to violence between the far-right protesters and the anti-fascist protesters.

Biography
Jason Kessler was born in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1983, and he graduated from the University of Virginia in 2009. Kessler had a criminal record before graduating; he was convicted in 2005 for shoplifting, obstructing justice, failing to appear and register in court, and for traffic violations and citations. Kessler once supported Barack Obama and the Occupy movement, but he began to shift to the right in 2013 after disagreeing with the censure of a businesswoman because of a private AIDS joke. In 2015, he started his blog "Jason Kessler, American Author", becoming a fascist activist. He attempted to unseat Charlottesville's only black city councilman, and he also led white supremacist rallies in his town, the most notable being the violent Unite the Right rally in August 2017.